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Well his eating again. didn't get any worse for the 2 weeks as they predicted it would after treatment.....week 7, one week after treatment he tried soft foods again and to a certain extent succeeded, 3 feeds a day through tube still but just to keep...
Hi all I received some vg advice when I was first diagnosed in December and during my treatment from a number of members, and was appreciative. One thing I have learned is that we are all different and therefore one person's experience may not be...
I am now in the middle of week being in hospital after having my larynx removed and a stoma an prosthesis installed. It's all going well so far, and hopefully I may be speaking again next week. Cannot fault the support I have been receiving from the Macmillan...
Hello I am Nora and I have just been diagnosed with tonsil cancer on Monday 3 July. It has all been a bit of a roller coaster with MRI and CT scans and a biopsy taken and tomorrow I have an appointment to find out more about a trial I have been offered...
Hiii,, I have been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer and have just finished chemotherapy treatment. The next phase of treatment is radiotherapy with chemotherapy. Recently I have been referred for Proton Beam Therapy via by my private health insurance...
Hi , I am having my treatment now. Radiotherapy and chemo, I missed one chemo treatment because of covid… now I been told by radiotherapy that I need blood as myHb low.. what else???
Hi My husband was diagnosed with cancer of the voice box in December. From Jan to March he had chemotherapy - 6 cycles of cisplatin and 30 doses of radiotherapy. He is slowly recovering, eating and drinking normally, exercising and working (mainly from...
Hi All. Jumping on here as I can't find what I am looking for. Yoga link looks good, will look into. There were a couple of people who mentioned other exercises, but I can't find them. Basically, I am 2 1/2 post treatment and struggling with how to...
Just thought I’d mention this exciting trial taking place at Southampton Hospital. Basically they’ve developed a mRNA based vaccine designed to prevent reoccurrence of HPV related head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, or to deal with or slow them down...
Sorry, not posted here for a while. 9/7/2018 was my 1st night in hospital for 40+ years. Up early the next morning for the 1st of about 4 operations over the following months to remove half my lower jaw and replace with a bone from my leg ...
